Navy to deploy 4,400-ton destroyer to Cheonghae unit amid ongoing Iran war

“A 4,400-ton Korean destroyer was set to depart from a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Friday for rotational deployment in an overseas mission based off the Somali coast, the Navy said. The ROKS Wang Geon destroyer will depart from Busan, about 330 kilometers southeast of Seoul, to serve in the Cheonghae unit, which is currently on an anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast. The Cheonghae unit's current scope of operation is restricted to waters off Somalia. But the possibility of expanding its operational reach to the Strait of Hormuz remains open, if the government decides to join U.S. efforts to reopen the waterway and the National Assembly approves the expansion. The latest departure marks the ninth deployment of the destroyer on an overseas mission, and the destroyer will be the 48th vessel to be deployed to the Cheonghae unit, according to the Navy. The contingent of around 260 troops, consisting of crew members of the destroyer, a boarding team of the naval special warfare flotilla, and an aviation unit operating Lynx helicopters, will be deploy

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